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Katharina Theresia Fink

Dr. Katharina Theresia Fink

Associate
Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern

Biography

Dr. Katharina T. Fink is an associate in the Munich Baker McKenzie office and a member of the Information Technology Practice Group. She studied law, communication science and psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and Université de Lausanne (Switzerland) and graduated with honors, specializing in international private and procedural law.

After graduation, Katharina worked as a research assistant at the legal chair of civil law, intellectual property and private international law and received a doctorate (Dr. iur.) with distinction from Humboldt-University Berlin in 2023.

Prior to joining the Firm in 2025, Katharina completed her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court Berlin. As part of her legal traineeship, she worked inter alia with the Federal Foreign Office as well as at another major international law firm in Munich in the field of litigation.

Katharina regularly publishes on a wide range of matters, in particular regarding Intellectual Property, IT and communication law. She obtained multiple funding and awards for her PhD thesis as well as her lectures at Humboldt University Berlin.

Practice Focus

Katharina focuses her practice on all aspects of information technology, digital and data (protection) law. The focus of her advice is on German and international clients in the automotive, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing and transport sectors. In particular, she advises clients on data protection and privacy law, IT contract law, compliance issues, e-commerce and m-commerce related issues, questions regarding the implementation of AI systems, data economy and platform regulation, data security issues and several other topics in the area of data protection and IT law.

Katharina supports clients with issues related to the implementation of AI systems, the implementation of internal GDPR compliance systems, and the development and launch of new web stores and apps.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Munich Bar Association – Member
  • Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) – Member
  • Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) Deutschland e.V. – Member
  • Mentor for female law students at Caroline-von-Humboldt-Mentoring*

*prior to joining Baker McKenzie

Admissions

  • Germany (2026)

Education

  • Higher Regional Court, Berlin (Second State Exam)
  • Humboldt University of Berlin (Dr. iur.)
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (First State Exam)
  • University of Lausanne (funded by scholarships such as by the DAAD and the Bavarian State Government)

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French

Publications

  • Author, Persönlichkeitsrechte nach dem Tod. Eine rechtsdogmatische Analyse unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Urheberpersönlichkeitsrechts, Tübingen, 2025, 412 p.
  • Co-author (with Prof. Dr. Obergfell), Intellectual Property Rights and Democracy, in: Nordtveit (Ed.), Changing Role of Property Law. Rights, Concepts and Values, p. 161–185, 2023.
  • Author, Rundfunkrechtlicher Auskunftsanspruch gegen kommunales Unternehmen, GRUR-Prax 2021, 546 (Anm. zu BVerwG, Urt. v. 26.4.2021 – 10 C 1.20).
  • Co-author (with Prof. Dr. Obergfell), Auskunft über Vervielfältigungen von Tonbandaufzeichnungen des Altkanzlers, NJW 2021, 765 (Anm. zu BGH, Urt. v. 3.9.2020 – III ZR 136/18).
  • Author, Gebührengenerierung als rechtsmissbräuchliche Abmahnpraxis, GRUR-Prax 2020, 450 (Anm. zu BGH, 28.05.2020 – I ZR 129/19).
  • Author, Erweiterung der Grundauskunft auf Rechtinhaber mit großem Rechtestock, GRUR-Prax 2021, 320 (Anm. zu OLG Hamburg, Urt. v. 02.07.2020 – 5 U 109/18).
  • Co-author (with Prof. Dr. Hauck), Freiheit für das Glyphosat-Gutachten? Die Einschränkung öffentlich-rechtlicher Informationsansprüche durch das Veröffentlichungsrecht des Urhebers, GRUR-Prax 2019, 406.

Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern is registered with the Local Court of Frankfurt/Main (registered seat) HRB 123975. It is associated with Baker & McKenzie International, a Verein organized under the laws of Switzerland.

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